Communism in Britain, 192039 - From the Cradle to the Grave

Based on extensive use of primary evidence, this book is a study of the British communist life between the Wars as it was experienced at the various phases of the life cycle.

List of contents

Introduction
PART I: The communist life cycle: the early years
1. In the home: communist mothercraft and child rearing
2. Into the Party structure: the communist children movement
3. A bright and purposeful life: youth and the Young Communist League
PART II: The communist life cycle: adulthood
4. A single communist personality?: communist couples and Red families
5. Being in a familiar place: the life of the adult activist
PART III: The communist life cycle: Shaping communists
6. Tending the communist body: the quest for physical fitness
7. Communist life style: fostering correct habits, good behaviour, and right ways of living
8. Communists at play
9. Culture from below: a culture for proletarians
PART IV: The communist life cycle: end of the cycle
10. In memoriam
Afterword
Select bibliography
Index

About the author

Thomas Linehan is Lecturer in History at Brunel University

Summary

Based on extensive use of primary evidence, this book is a study of the British communist life between the Wars as it was experienced at the various phases of the life cycle. -- .

Product details

• Authors: Thomas Linehan, Thomas P. Linehan, Linehan Thomas
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.02.2014
• EAN: 9780719071416
• ISBN: 978-0-7190-7141-6
• No. of pages: 232
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; European History, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / European, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / 20th Century, British & Irish history, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Far-left political ideologies and movements, c 1919 to c 1939 (Inter-war period), c 1918 to c 1939 (Inter-war period), Marxism & Communism